Fasting for God: Inspiring Quotations on Self-restraint, Mindfulness & Spiritual Awareness

Why have people fasted throughout history and continue to do so today? What spiritual, health, and social benefits emanate from this solemn practice, which is as old as religion itself? Fasting for God is both a unique social history and a comprehensive scholarly survey. It helps us understand, experience, and appreciate fasting in its many forms while clarifying the fasting purpose and addressing common misconceptions. Fasting for God not only provides practical wisdom and principles but also helps in examining our own personal life experience to determine the role fasting can play in our spiritual development. Describing how fasting produces personal transformation and intimacy with God, the quotes lead us to a deeper understanding and practice of fasting, bringing us closer to God, to our community, and to ourselves.This compilation of quotes is probably the most complete review of fasting you will find. It examines the rare convergence of the spiritual and the psychological, the mystical and the medical. These are the words of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and of scholars, scientists, doctors, and philosophers. Whether they be quotes of revered figures such as Moses, Jesus, Muhammad or the Buddha, or of contemporaries such as Leo Tolstoy, C. S. Lewis, the Dalai Lama or Pope Francis, these words are sure to resonate both spiritually and intellectually Fasting for God is also a valuable tool for academic research and study, and for interfaith and intercultural discourse. With more than three hundred powerful quotes on fasting, you will not find such profound details on this subject matter available elsewhere. The quotations reveal the way of fasting from contemplative, academic, and scientific perspectives.

• | Author: Mario A. S. Ahmad
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: November 08, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 386 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1687232776
• | ISBN-13: 9781687232779